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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
6
The 1906 almanacs indicate an unusually early potato season with planters scheduling seed planting on March 20 and 21. Frost expected on April 5 and 9, but potatoes are not at risk. Good Friday falls on April 13, with additional dates April 16 and 17 noted for early planting.
R. A. Ward of Magnolia is named local representative for The Henry Republican and will promptly handle all news entrusted to his care and authorized to conduct all related business for the paper.
Magnolia residents and visiting guests populate the week with social calls and church events. Notable names include Maude Sammons, F. D. Peterson, Helen Smith, J. E. Boman, and Mrs. Ashley Judd, while Burl Roberts and Wm. Moffit conduct sales and auctions. Community clubs install officers, church services are scheduled, and illness and deaths are recorded along with a poultry show judged by Judge Shanner.
J C Sutherland shipped cattle to Chicago last week. Mr and Mrs W B Mills visited their son Clifford in Champaign. John McNabb traveled to Peru on business. Maud Miller returned to Wyanet. John Wilson and W B Mills attended the Ten Central Telephone meeting in Lestant. Mrs W W Johnston is ill with pneumonia. Mrs J A McNabb visited Toni ca.
Visitors and residents report moves and trips including R W Phillips at the county seat T H Gebhardt to La Salle and O M Kelley returning from Minnesota. Ambrose Harth buys half in a Lostant store and plans to move there with Hartenbower house and McDaniels and Woods family moves. Herman Kinney dies at 84 in Quincy. infant Weimer burial at Hope cemetery. Deputy sheriffs call jury pool for Ottawa murder case and road telegraph line upgrades announced near George Hillabrand’s corner. Bert Burgess and family visit Tonica over the weekend.
Granville scene includes Mrs Sucher hosting two Brenneman nieces, A W Hopkins adding two antelopes to his menagerie, Elsie Mauffair wintering in Pennsylvania, and Mrs Sickenger's grave illness. Local property sale, meat market change, Ben Tomlin’s death, Hawthorne horses sold, Young fined for selling liquor to minors, lamp post quip, and ferry talks. Also updates from Hennepin and humorous anecdotes on swallowed objects.
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